I've Got You Under My Skin (And Also in a Jar)

"Ladies and gentlemen. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. They say distance is the key to desire. They never met me. I don't believe in distance. I believe in keeping the ones you love close."

"Under the skin. In a jar. On the shelf. Where they can't leave. Where they can't run. Where they can't look at me the way she looked at me when she realized she wasn't going anywhere."

[The orchestra swells. The song begins.]

[VERSE 1 — SUNG, SLOW, INTIMATE]

I've got you under my skin.
I've got you deep within.
I've got you in a jar on my shelf.
I've got you. I've got you. I've got you to myself.

I've got your eyes. I've got your smile.
I've got your voice. I've got your style.
I've got the way you used to breathe.
I've got the way you used to leave.

But you don't leave anymore.
You stay right there. You stay right where
I put you. In the jar. On the shelf.
I've got you. I've got you. I've got you to myself.

[HOOK — SUNG, SWELLING]

I've got you under my skin.
And also in a jar.
You're the closest thing I've ever been
To a shooting star.

I've got you under my skin.
You can't run away.
I've got you. I've got you.
You're here to stay.

[VERSE 2 — SUNG]

I used to watch you sleep.
I used to count your breaths.
I used to wonder how deep
I'd have to cut to get what's left.

Now I don't wonder. Now I know.
The skin is thin. The blood will flow.
The jar is empty. The jar is clean.
The jar is the prettiest thing I've ever seen.

And you're inside it. You're inside it.
You're exactly where you belong.
I've got you under my skin.
I've had you all along.

[BRIDGE — SPOKEN OVER SOFT PIANO]

[Sammy's voice, quieter, almost tender:]

"You ever love someone so much you wanted to keep them forever? Not in memory. Not in photographs. In a jar. On a shelf. Where you can see them every morning. Every night. Every time the voices get too loud."

"That's not obsession. That's devotion. That's the thing the poets write about when they're too afraid to say the word 'jar.'"

[The orchestra returns. Slow. Intimate. Swelling.]

[VERSE 3 — SUNG]

I've got you under my skin.
I've got you in a jar.
You're the closest thing I've ever been
To a brand new start.

No more running. No more hiding.
No more wondering where you are.
I've got you under my skin.
I've got you in a jar.

The jar is on the shelf.
The shelf is in my room.
The room is in my heart.
The heart is in the gloom.

But you don't mind the gloom.
You've always liked the dark.
I've got you under my skin.
I've got you in a jar.

[FINAL HOOK — SUNG, FULL ORCHESTRA, INTIMATE, TERRIFYING]

I've got you under my skin.
And also in a jar.
You're the closest thing I've ever been
To a shooting star.

I've got you under my skin.
You can't run away.
I've got you. I've got you.
You're here to stay.

I've got you under my skin.
I've got you in a jar.
You're the prettiest thing I've ever kept.
You're the brightest star.

[OUTRO]

"She's still here. She's still in the jar. She's still smiling.”

Crooner Jazz, Lounge, male